Can you go from cutting to lean bulking?

Or should you "reverse diet" first?

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Hey there, So, you've finally finished cutting and you're straining at the leash to start gaining some serious muscle and strength.  Can you just go straight into a slight calorie surplus, or will that lead to excessive fat gain?  Should you slowly increase your calories over the course of weeks or even months ("reverse diet") to allow your metabolism to "normalize," or is that unnecessary?  Or should you do something else altogether? An odds-on approach for long-term success is to increase your calories to a maintenance level for at least a few weeks before increasing them further into a surplus. But this isn't for the reason most people think: to fix "metabolic damage" caused by dieting.  Fortunately, dieting doesn't harm your metabolism. While your metabolism can sag while cutting, this is a normal and temporary response that quickly reserves once you start eating more food. The real reason to include a transitional period of maintenance between cutting and lean bulking phases is it'll help ensure you don't accidentally eat far more than you intend to (resulting in far more fat gain than you'd like).  After restricting your calories for some time and losing a significant amount of body fat, hunger and cravings can soar, especially if you're very lean.  And when you combine that with a sharp increase in food intake and permissiveness ("I'll just have the whole bag—I'm bulking now."), what should be a tactical retreat can spiral into a crippling rout. If you take the middle path, though, and go from cutting to maintenance calories for a few weeks before lean gaining, you can better tame your appetite and thus preserve your newly minted body composition, setting you up for a highly successful muscle building phase. Also: Although you don't need any supplements to gain gobs of muscle and strength, there are a few that can help. My three favorites are: ​1. Protein powder (I like whey isolate when lean bulking because it isn't very filling) 2. Creatine (micronized monohydrate in particular) 3. Pre-workout (especially with a clinically effective dosage of citrulline malate and beta-alanine). And that's why I sell each of these supplements and offer them together as a stack (that you can save 10% on). Check it out here: ⇒ https://legionathletics.com/products/stacks/build-muscle-stack Go for it! Mike P.S. Want some help building your best body ever? Here are 5 ways I can assist whenever you're ready, including free fitness plans, coaching, books, and more: www.mikematthews.co P.P.S. Did someone forward this email to you and you want to get more like it? Go here and sign up for my newsletter: https://legionathletics.com/newsletter/ Want to earn cash back on every purchase you make? Click here to learn how. Already have a rewards account? Click here to view your point balance. To update your email preferences, click here. To unsubscribe, click here. Legion Athletics, Inc. 1255 Cleveland St. Floor 4 Clearwater, FL 33755 ‌